Hercules 17/06/24

[Mr Spock]

Region    Hercules
    
Date    17/06/2024
Scope    Takahashi FC-100
Eyepieces    42mm LVW x19, 17mm LVW x44, 8mm LVW, x93, 5mm LVW x148, 3.5mm LVW x211
Conditions    Good seeing (no clean airy disks) and good transparency - mag 4.5 in the direction of Hercules
Note:    All PAs are rough estimates.
    
ζ Her    Tough. In moments of steady seeing a 'blob' in the right position (134°) seen on the primary's diffraction ring.
Σ 2098    Triple star, easy at x44, but better at x93
Σ 2095    Faint secondary at 160°, x93.
Σ 2120    Wide, orange pair, uneven. x93 and 230°.
δ Her    Wide, very uneven with a bright white primary. X93 and 290°.
LDS 994    Extremely wide uneven pair seen at x19. 300°.
S 686    Another very wide pair seen at x19. 340°.
β 44    A faint, almost even pair at x148. 350°.
Σ 2165    This was a surprise. I was expecting to see a double, with the third, wider companion being too faint - I usually bottom out at around 10.1 in my LP.
     But there it was at x93, mag 10.75, clear as anything at 200°. Secondary was at 60°.
 

[lunator]

Very nice report 😀

Hercules does have a very good selection of doubles